I gather from reading the above posts, that the next of kin of the 2 pilots have not yet been found or contacted.I agree that their wishes are paramount, and I suspect the MOD and the State of Maine have not actually contacted the families since the 1940s.
Perhaps there are forum members here suitably qualified to find the next of kin of either or both pilots to inform them that their loved ones remain entombed in their planes at the bottom of a lake, and should they wish funerals it is their entitlement to express that need. And of course to warn the families that these planes which are monuments to their loved ones have become tourist attractions.
I imagine that given the choice, both families would appreciate military funerals, the pilots themselves would given the choice probably also wish a funeral rather than to remain lost in the lake……..perhaps this forum can make a difference digging up living relatives here in the UK!

I also remember this excellent commercial and ate the sweets back in those days, but what I didnt realise until reading that it was from 1978, that it is actually a childhood memory:cool:

It looks like a good collection well worth a visit.
Its a shame that none of the RAF machines used in the emergency and not repatriated escaped the melting pot………
I saw that Twin Pin dozens of times 1973-75 when it was outside the National museum……..happy days as a child while my father worked over there

So much of the original airframe will have to be thrown away if NX611 is to be returned to the air under the CAA that it would be a substantially new & different NX611 after rebuild. The owners can do whatever they wish with NX611, its their right, however we should all be grateful for having experienced the real NX611 before some new millenium rebuild takes the place of a very original ex RAF & French airframe………its a shame Just Jane will not be allowed to carry on being the Just Jane she´s always been:rolleyes: and already fulfilling a wonderful role recreating the atomosphere of the airfield as it was in WW2

Even if the thread has gone, most of us read the posts and can remember the score.
We should all respect Key´s desire to avoid legal conflict with ebay and have the option of further discussion by pm.
And now everybody here knows that there is absolutely nothing to be gained from upsetting ebay, and potentially there is a big downside:dev2:

hmmmm interesting….no matter how accurate or not the film will be it doesnt alter the fact that Nigger and Gibson are probably the two most famous names to come out of ww2 (to the masses that is not just all the buffs).

Does Quid think only the buffs remember Hitler, Stalin, Churchill et al? More than half the people I know can tell you who Monty was but havent a clue about Gibson unless they are black & white movie buffs, which they are not.

With the ebay seller being located in Hungary, chances are that the photo was locally sourced so a country near Hungary like Greece is a good bet

The rounded top of the fin has to be MkIX or earlier. The roundel is interesting – a small size centre circle, colour which may or may not be red.if thats an RAF roundel then it looks like an early war shot,probably MkI or MkII but if thats a French or Italian roundel then it could be a MkIX postwar